The (A)sound of the whip,
The sound of the roar of the wheel,
Galloping horses
And [a]bounding chariots!
Horsemen charging,
Swords flashing, (B)spears gleaming,
(C)Many killed, a mass of corpses,
And there is (D)no end to the dead bodies—
They stumble over [b]the dead bodies!

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Footnotes

  1. Nahum 3:2 Lit leaping
  2. Nahum 3:3 Lit their

The crack of whips
    and the clamor of wheels!
The galloping horses
    and the bounding chariots!
The cavalry attacks—
    the flashing sword
        and the glittering spear!
Many are the slain—
    so many casualties!—
No end to bodies,
    and the soldiers[a] trip over the corpses.

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  1. Nahum 3:3 Lit. They